Iaxartes
English
Alternative forms
- Jaxartes
Etymology
From Latin Iaxartes, from Ancient Greek Ἰαξάρτης (Iaxártēs), from Old Persian.
Proper noun
Iaxartes
- The Syr Darya river.
- 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970, (please specify |partition=1, 2, or 3):, II.ii.3:
- I would examine the Caspian Sea, and see where and how it exonerates itself, after it hath taken in Volga, Iaxartes, Oxus, and those great rivers; at the mouth of Obi, or where?
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Latin
View of the river
Alternative forms
- Jaxartēs
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰαξάρτης (Iaxártēs).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /jakˈsar.teːs/
Proper noun
Iaxartēs m (genitive Iaxartis); third declension
- The Syr Darya river
Declension
Third declension.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Iaxartēs |
| Genitive | Iaxartis |
| Dative | Iaxartī |
| Accusative | Iaxartem |
| Ablative | Iaxarte |
| Vocative | Iaxartēs |
References
- Iaxartes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Jaxartes in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly